Man down - rubberchicken

Rubberchicken

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Kjell, thanks for that. :D
The pic is still accurate, I can just about manage that. What you don't see just off the edge of the picture is my left hand holding my right arm up. ;)
 

Rubberchicken

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Right, prognosis time.

The neurologist said things looked positive. He's already seeing signs of recovery, and with really serious cases you usually get more degradation first, if anything at all. So it looks like the "18 months" end of the scale is off the table... Full recovery will still take months though, nerves are slow things it seems.

So it looks like I get to do a winter stop. For once, observe the "biking seasons". Hopefully getting out there again come spring.

Jeeze, of all the things to do before you're 40, who'd have thought "going soft" was to be among them... :D :D :D
 

Whealie

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Man up, you wus! Tis but a scratch!


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outrunner

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Well, it looks to be good news mate, the time off the bike will be taken up with looking at getting the beast rebuilt.


Andy.
 

Lutin

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How's the recovery coming along Michel?

And any word on the bike?
 

Rubberchicken

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Bike's still at Pete's, I've yet to get around to sorting that. Been running around between dealing with insurance companies being insurance companies, countless hospital visits (by endless public transport) and generally feeling knackered. Amazing how much of an energy sapping monster this post-crash recovery lark is...

But recovery is happening. Physio is happy, he says I'm progressing nicely and fairly quickly as these things go. I managed to shake his hand this week, there's a first. I can, now, lift my right forearm. Just about. Shoulder's still too weak to pull the weight of the arm, but it's getting better, slowly. Pretty soon I'll be able to scratch the top of my head using my right hand. :D

This is the point where things are starting to drag, though. Last week I went to Amsterdam as Charlie Stross was doing a book signing at a local shop, but turned around as soon as I got there. Completely knackered. Oh well, some other time...

And we've been having glorious late summer weather, 15 degrees and sunny, perfect biking weather, which isn't helping. ;)

On the plus side, that rarest of things popped up this week, a fair priced GS frame with a Dutch title, half an hour away from me, and the seller is even willing to come drop it off. So bike wise that's the main thing nearly sorted. It's cheaper than having my old frame straightened. So it will ride again...

So, yeah. Keeping calm, carrying on. :)
 

Mervin

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good to hear the recovery is progressing well, and great news about the frame
 

Whealie

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No Dutch boy is ever fully fit until he can put his finger in a dyke.
 

Lowflyer

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Whealie said:
No Dutch boy is ever fully fit until he can put his finger in a dyke.


You feker


Beer all over my keyboard :respect: :lol: :lol:


Good luck. MIchel, looks like things are turning around for you :thumbsup:


Is that the proper way to spell dike ? :D
 

Lutin

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Rubberchicken said:
What?

Somebody get the German in here to translate. ;)

And you think that's going to help? :mockery22:

Your meds must be working overtime. :D
 

Rubberchicken

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I can pick my nose with it, just about. It's getting better, slowly. Elbow's improved quite a bit already, shoulder's still lagging a bit.

I did buy this yesterday.

GS-frame.jpg


Tick. :)
 

OhJ

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The rebuild, is the frame straight, what about the rest. How much work is needed. Modt important how will you regrow the prehistoric moss growing on the front.
 

Rubberchicken

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Roughly, the plan is to get the bike home, tear it down, sort into piles of straight bits and bent bits, see which bent bits can be persuaded onto the other pile, then put the serviceable bits and some new bits onto the new frame. Ta-dah, new GS. :) It'll probably take a bit longer than that...

I might change a few bits and bobs along the way. :D For one, I'd be daft if I wouldn't at least put some fresh powdercoat (and a few mods) on the new frame now that it hasn't got a bike attached to it, so it'll be good for the next 25 years. So, yeah. It will probably end up cleaner than it was.

Lucky catch there. That most unlikely of things popped up last week, a decently priced GS frame with a Dutch title. The seller was even willing to come drop it off. Cheaper than having my own frame straightened... So officially I own 2 GSes now. :D
 
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